Somers Point Business Association launches ‘Support Local’ campaign
SOMERS POINT – The Somers Point Business Association (SPBA) announced its new “Support Locals” campaign to help support those businesses during the State shutdown. The campaign will begin on Facebook, and then extend to print and other vehicles in the future. “Somers Point is a special community, and though we cannot socially gather, we can […]
Take-out food, delivery businesses continue to serve customers
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff While many businesses around the area have been forced to close dur to Gov. Phil Murphy’s executive order related to COVID-19, food take-out and delivery shops have remained open on limited hours. Al Sacco, owner of Sack O’ Subs at Ninth and 55th streets in Ocean City, said the current […]
COVID-19 cases rise locally, statewide; 44 dead
See related story, page A8. By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff As New Jersey as a whole was reporting 3,675 positive tests for the COVID-19 virus by Tuesday afternoon, officials at Shore Medical Center and AtlantiCare said they were treating their own limited cases of the coronavirus. So far, there are 44 COVID-19 related deaths in New […]
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New website for our newspapers Stories and photos in the Ocean City Sentinel and its sister newspapers, the Cape May Star and Wave, Upper Township Sentinel and The Sentinel of Somers Point, Linwood and Northfield, can now be found on the newspapers’ new website, ocnjsentinel.com. “Because of the breaking news nature of what is taking […]
Grocery stores keep inventory stocked; some exceptions
By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff A tour of stores in the region last week showed that many are keeping inventory available, with some exceptions, during the COVID-19 crisis. The Acme Market in Ocean City was short on some vegetables, frozen foods and chicken, but supplies were not completely exhausted. Outside, Whitney Randles was loading her […]
COVID-19 tests remain in short supply in this area
By JACK FICHTER/Sentinel staff Testing kits for coronavirus (COVID-19) remain in short supply in Cape May and Atlantic counties, with most of the tests being administered to those admitted to a hospital. Cape May County Health Department Public Health Coordinator Kevin Thomas said some doctors were conducting COVID-19 testing on their own as well as […]
Petition: Don’t visit Ocean City right now
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — After a public official asked people to stay away from Cape May County last week, a change.org petition has begun in Ocean City to ask summer residents, vacationers and day-trippers to stay away from the resort to avoid spreading COVID-19. Across New Jersey, Pennsylvania and other states, governments […]
COVID-19 impacts
Kristen Kelleher, Jack Fichter, Craig D. Schenck/SENTINEL The COVID-19 virus and statewide restrictions because of it have had an impact on the area.
Governor: Stay home
By DAVID NAHAN/Sentinel staff OCEAN CITY — At 1 p.m. Saturday, Gov. Phillip Murphy signed an executive order directing nearly all New Jersey residents to stay home until further notice and to cancel gatherings. The order closes all nonessential retail businesses as of 9 p.m. Saturday, March 21. “All gatherings are canceled,” Murphy said. “This […]
Message about staying away sparks debate
By JACK FICHTER/Sentinel staff A number of residents of Pennsylvania, New York and northern New Jersey decided to travel to Cape May County to spend the shutdown in their second homes, which angered a number of local residents. Some stated the out-of-towners were emptying local grocery stores and bringing their germs from areas that had […]